Progressivism

Emily GordonUnit and Lesson Plans

For College Prep Classes – 11th Grade

SO 572

From The Ram’s Horn, 1896

If you could change one aspect of American life, whether it be in politics, moral beliefs, social standards of acceptance,

education or

the economy,

law etc…

WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?

•Lower the drinking age

• Legalize Marijuana

• Make gun ownership illegal for non-military citizens

• Take speed limit away

• Make definite age limit for a person to be considered a minor.

• Raise minimum wage

A symbol for the American Reform Party (see the Umbrella does work..).

The Progressivism Umbrella

•Progressivism touched every part of American Life.

•REFORM REFORM REFORM!!!

•The Government became active in a national and federal sense.

•“Public Interest” instead of “special” or “private” interest.

Lesson One

The Power of the PenWriters exposed the American public to corruption and

injustices in politics, business and society. Many government reforms enacted, and amendments added to the Constitution, were in part, created based upon the influence of American writers (journalists) at this time.

Lesson One

Theories Differences

PopulismScared Middle

Class and Business

ProgressivismConsensus: Now

possible to improve society

1. Centered in rural areas2. Poor, uneducated3. Considered radical ideas, like

socialism4. A failure, too radical.

1. Centered in the cities2. Middle class – well educated3. Political mainstream, wanted

existing system to work better (moderate)

4. An overwhelming success

* The Populist Party brought success to Progressivism because it exposed the corruption in business and the desperate conditions of farmers and factory workers.

Muckrakers and other Social Reformers

Lesson One

Reformer

Objection in Society Resulted in… UnderWho?

Upton Sinclair

     

John Spargo

     

Jane Addam

s

     

Ida Tarbell

     

Lincoln Stephe

ns

     

Jacob Riis

 

     

Method:

Students are separated into 6 groups and must read excerpts by their assigned author (from the ones listed to the left). Together, the group will outline the author’s objection in society and what THEY (the students) think was a result, from their knowledge of present-day relevance.

Time : 2 class periods = 110 minutes total

Continued…Lesson One

Reformer

Objection in Society Resulted in… UnderWho?

Upton Sinclair

     

John Spargo

     

Jane Addam

s

     

Ida Tarbell

     

Lincoln Stephe

ns

     

Jacob Riis

 

     

* After each group has presented, I will present what each writer accomplished in society (in terms of laws, movements, etc), and compare that to what the students thought would be the solution or reform.

Feminism

Key Terms

• Alice Paul

• Carrie Chapman Catt

• National American

Women Suffrage Association

• 19th Amendment

Lesson Plan Two

Pivotal Question

• Since the ratification of the 19th Amendment that granted women’s suffrage, has the position of women in American society advanced or digressed?

Lesson Plan Two

Assessment: Journal Entry using the Advertisements

Booker T. & W.E.BBlack Reformers in Conflict

List the main ideas of Washington and Dubois you got from the reading;

Booker T. Washington W.E.B Dubois

Fill in which point belongs to which Reformer(write either Washington or Dubois in the space provided)

1.______________ Urged accommodation, not agitation.

2.______________ Stressed gradualism.

3. ______________ Found J im Crow Laws to be totally unacceptable.

4. ______________ Urged for blacks to strive for the top in education and jobs.

5. ______________ Wanted blacks to train for manual labor.

6.________________ Urged protest and agitation.

7. _______________ Demanded black rights immediately.

8._________________ Believed blacks needed to prove that they deserved rights.

Objectives

• Students will be able to describe the differing philosophies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Dubois.• Students will debate and defend which Reformer they agree with and why.• Students will recall the importance of Washington and Dubois and their relevance to present-day race relations

Lesson Three

CLASS DEBATE!!!

Feel the fury…

Politics: Presidents of the Progressive Era

Lesson Four

Teddy Roosevelt (R) 1901-1909

William Taft (R) 1909-1913

Woodrow Wilson (D) 1913-1921

T.R and Foreign Relations

“Speak softly and carry a big stick”

Great White Fleet

-“Strenuous life”

How do the policies of T.R and G.W and their actions with other “disadvantaged” nations compare and contrast?

•Iraq War

•Panama Canal

Woodrow Wilsonand the

“Triple Wall of Privilege”

1. Banks

2. Tariffs

3. Trusts

Can a person’s positive contributions to society be overshadowed by their negative attributes?

"It's like writing history with lightning. And my only regret is that it is all terribly true." – Woodrow Wilson

Works Cited•http://libwww.syr.edu/digital/exhibits/g/GrapesOfWrath/lgimage/TheJungle.jpg

•http://www.americaslibrary.gov/assets/jb/gilded/jb_gilded_paul_1_e.jpg

•http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/ath/library/teachers/philp/child%20labor%20in%20factory.jpg

•http://www.thewhiskystore.de/einsteiger/images/n03406.gif

•http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/26_t_roosevelt/images/trrr.gif

•http://www.virtualstampclub.com/images/woodrow.jpg

Slide One

Slide Two

•http://medallionusa.com/4230%20American%20Flag.jpg

•http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAsuffrage.htm

Slide Three

•http://www.americanreform.org/freedom.gif

Slide Four

•http://www.coppercutters.com/WebPage/CatalogImages/Miscellanious/umbrella.jpg

Slide Eight

•http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/gilded/jb_gilded_paul_1_e.html

•http://www.autry-museum.org/explore/exhibits/suffrage/awakening_full.html

Slide Nine

•http://www.doitnow.org/jpg/babes/camel2k1.jpg

•http://www.people.virginia.edu/~cbd5f/obsession.jpg

•http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/eaa/index.html

Works Cited ContinuedSlide Ten

•http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0%2C1558%2C1402695%2C00.asp

Slide Eleven

•http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wilson/

•http://www.ralphmag.org/AP/taft-fullsize473x502.gif

•http://www.modjourn.brown.edu/Image/Sargent/President_Theodore_Roosevelt.jpe

Slide Twelve

•http://www.historywiz.com/images/amer-imperialism/bigstick.gif

•http://users.actrix.co.nz/killeen/assets/images/db_images/db_Great_White_Fleet2.jpg

Slide Thirteen

•http://img.timeinc.net/time/time100/images/main_troosevelt.jpg

•http://www.laughatliberals.com/images/george_w_bush.jpg

Slide Fourteen

•http://www.ou.edu/class/arch4443/Tribune%20Tower%20Competition/Federal%20Reserve%20Building.jpg

•http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/images/pho/t631/T631357A.jpg

•http://www.historyteacher.net/USProjects/DBQs2000/Images/Mercado-ApeCartoon.JPG

•http://www.pbs.org/heavenonearth/images/leaders_thinkers/LA174.jpg

Slide Fifteen

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•http://www.cinematicreflections.com/birthgriffith3.jpg